Dressmaker&#39;s scissors.



A. HOPKINS.

DRESSMAKERS SGISSORS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17, 1909 961 235. Patented June 14, 1910.

ANDREW a GRANAM cm PNOTO-UTNOGRAPNERS. WASHINGTON, n. c.

ANNIE HOPKINS, OF LEWISTOWN, MONTANA.

DRESSMAKERS SCISSORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14, 1910.

Application filed April 1'7, 1909. Serial No. 490,484.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE HOPKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lewistown, in the county of Fergus and State of Montana,have invented new and useful Dressmakers Scissors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in scissors designed moreespecially for dressmakers use and its object is to provide a pair ofscissors in which several instruments especially adapted for dressmakersuse are combined in compact and useful form.

In accordance with the present invention the blades of the scissors neednot differ from those in ordinary use while the several attachments areapplied to the handles of the scissors and comprise essentially abuttonhole scissors and a ripping knife, the several elements beingcompactly and conveniently arranged for ready use with a minimum ofmanipulation to bring the parts into operative position.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detail description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification in which drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan View of a pair of scissors or shears on an enlargedscale with some of the parts in operative position and with parts insection. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the handle end of the scissors withother parts in operative relation. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the lineAB of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line CD of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings there is shown a scissors composed of twoblades 1 and 2 as is usual and these blades are provided with respectivehandles 3 and at. The handle 8 is recessed as indicated at 5 between thepivot point of the blade and the finger ring (3 at the end of thehandle, this finger ring being circular in the structure shown in thedrawings. The other handle 4 is likewise recessed as indicated at 7 andis also provided with a finger ring 8 which is also circular in outline.

Seated in the recess 7 on the handle 4 is a blade 9 having one edge 10projecting beyond the inner edge of the handle 4% between the pivotpoint of the blade 2 and the finger ring 8. Vithin the finger ring 8there is housed an annulus 11 having its outer periphery formed into acontinuous series of spurs or teeth 12 while the outer edge of thefinger ring 8 is cut away for a portion of its length as indicated at 18so that a few of the teeth 12 are exposed. The recess 5 in the handle 3is continued for a portion of the distance around the finger-hole 6 asindicated at 5 and this continuation 5 is designed to receive the shank14 of a blade 15, the said blade being normally housed in the recess 5but has the end of its shank 14. hinged in the recess 5 as indicated at16, so that the blade may be entirely removed from the recess 5 to aposition of substantial alinement with the handle 3 in a direction awaytherefrom when so desired. This last named position is shown in Fig. 2.

Entering the recess 5 from the side remote to that entered by the blade15 is a screw 17 designed to engage the rear edge of the blade 15 andmove the same to a greater or less distance from the recess 5. The outeredge 18 of the blade 15 is formed to co-act with the outer edge 10 ofthe blade 9 to cut material introduced between the blades. The free endof the blade 15 is formed with a spur or projection 19 which may be usedfor ripping purposes. On the side of the finger ring 6 remote from thecontinuation 5 of the recess 5 there is another recess 20 shaped toreceive a piece 21 of chalk, the said chalk being formed at one end toseat in a pocket 22 at one end of the recess 20 and at the other end tobe held by a spring clip 23 from accidental dislodgment from the recess20.

Vith a pair of scissors or shears such as described the blades 1 and 2may be used in the usual manner for cutting and need not differ in anyrespect from shears ordinarily in use. The blades 9 and 15 constitutethe two blades of a buttonhole scissors and for this purpose the extentof movement of the handles 3 and 4 toward each other may be limited atwill by the adjustment of a set screw 21 carried by the handle 4 andengaging a matching portion of the handle 3 as is customary inbuttonhole scissors. The spur annulus 11 is always ready for use as atracing wheel or for such other purposes for which these devices may beused and the chalk 21 on the other finger ring is also at all timesready for use but since the chalk is subject to wear in use it may bereadily removed when worn down to the finger ring and a new piece ofchalk put in by a proper manipulation of the spring 23. hen it isdesired to use the blade 15 for ripping then the scissors blades may beopened and the blade 15 removed from the recess 5 by turning it on itspivot 16. Under these conditions the blade 15 projects away from thefinger ring 6 in a manner that the spur 19 or the cutting edge 18 of theblade 15 may be used as desired for ripping or cutting. There is thusprovided in one compact tool all the cutting and marking imple mentsused in the art of dressmaking.

What is claimed is 1. A dressmakers scissors comprising shear bladesconnected together and each provided with a handle terminating in afinger ring, each handle being recessed on the edge facing the otherhandle, a blade fixed in the recess in one handle, and a blade pivotedto the other handle and movable into and out of the recess therein andcoacting with the first blade to constitute a buttonhole scissors.

2. A dressmakers scissors or shears comprising pivoted blades eachprovided with a handle, and each handle being recessed on the edgefacing the other handle, a blade seated in the recess in one handle, anda blade pivoted to the other handle and capable of moving into and outof the recess therein and provided with means for adjusting the lastnamed blade toward the blade in the recess of the other handle.

3. A scissors having two co-acting blades in the handles thereof, one ofthe blades being adjustable relative to the handle and to the otherblade, and provided with a ripping spur.

4. A scissors having a recessed handle, a blade hinged to said handleand adapted to move into and out of the recess and provided with acutting edge, an adjusting screw coacting with the blade when in therecess, and a co-a-cting blade carried by the other handle member.

5. A scissors having two co-acting blades in the handles thereof, one ofthe blades being pivoted to the handle, and provided with a cutting edgeand a ripping spur, and an adjusting screw for the last named blade.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANNIE HOPKINS. lVitnesses:

EDGAR G. JVoRDEN, ADoLr BECKSTROM.

